A Southern California man charged with the murder of a University of Pennsylvania student has been depressed in jail and feels remorse for his family but is faring relatively well under the circumstances, his attorney said on Friday.

Investigators were trying to figure out why a Central Michigan University student charged with fatally shooting his parents acted so strangely the day before the killings that he was taken to a hospital.

A tribal court has cleared the way for gay couples to marry on an American Indian reservation in the Phoenix area after a two-year legal battle that could have repercussions for Native Americans elsewhere.